Bills › 91st General Assembly
Relating to deer depredation
Sponsored by Rep. Taylor R. Collins (R)
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedJanuary 15, 2025
- Done: SubcommitteeJanuary 21, 2025
- Done: House committeeFebruary 11, 2025
- Skipped: Passes the HouseContinued as HF 378
- Next: Senate committee
- Next: Passes the Senate
- Next: To the Governor
- Next: Signed into law
Became HF 378 → Its progress continues under the new number. Go to HF 378 What’s a funnel?
What’s in it
AI summary Landowners who lose $1,000 or more in crops, trees, or plants to wild animals can get special permits to shoot deer. These permits allow people to use various weapons, including rifles, shotguns, bows, and crossbows. The special shooting season for these permits runs from January through January 31.1
Read the official explanation
This bill relates to deer depredation. The bill directs the department of natural resources to issue deer shooting permits to a landowner who incurs crop, horticultural product, tree, or nursery damage of $1,000 or more due to wild animals. The bill creates a designated deer depredation season from January through January 31. A person possessing a deer depredation license and tag or deer shooting permit may use a rifle with an approved cartridge, a shotgun, a muzzleloader, a handgun, a crossbow, or a bow during the designated season.
House subcommittee
Named January 21, 2025. On January 23, 2025 it recommended passage.
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Iowa Code it changes
Lobbying
3 for · 4 against · 5 undecided · Who →